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President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation's unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Trump's aides should be "wondering about the man's sanity" after Wednesday's speech. "This is utterly divorced from reality." Though Trump blames former President Biden for the poor economy, Baker notes that Trump had inherited an "incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable."
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Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.
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Lawmakers in the House and the Senate asked a government watchdog to determine if Howard Lutnick is following ethics guidelines in promoting data centers that benefit his family's businesses.
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The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Representative Robert Garcia has brought aggressive tactics and reality-show flair to investigating Jeffrey Epstein's ties to President Trump.
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Despite Democrats' objections, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees said they were satisfied a controversial Sept. 2 attack was lawful.
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GOP lawmakers are battling the same distractions as in Trump's first term despite talk of stability in the West Wing.
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Former immigration judge Tania Nemer, who was fired in February, is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that she was discriminated against despite strong performance reviews. Nemer is one of about 100 immigration judges who have been fired or reassigned since Trump took office. The system is notoriously backlogged, with more than 3 million cases pending. "I was pulled away in the middle of the hearing," she says.
Nemer filed a discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice, which officials dismissed, citing Article II of the Constitution on presidential powers. "I've been practicing employment law and representing federal employees for almost 30 years, and I have never seen a federal agency dismiss a complaint for this reason," says Nemer's attorney, James Eisenmann.
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Millions of Americans are confronting the highest health insurance costs in years.
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The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 "warrior dividend" bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
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The announcement follows reporting by The Washington Post that detailed plans to downgrade the definition of such symbols to "potentially divisive."
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Follow President Trump's progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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The decision to lower borrowing costs was widely expected, after inflation slowed in the year to November.
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The move may reassure China hawks who are uncertain about the president's commitment to the self-governing democracy.
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After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats' bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
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The president's approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.
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The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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The Atlanta-area district attorney called President Trump and his allies "criminals" while being questioned by a Georgia Senate committee on Wednesday.
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The legislation restores restrictions on military aircraft flying near busy airports, implemented after a fatal collision near D.C. in January, that had been removed in the defense bill.
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Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump's orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's leader, vowed resistance.
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The Pentagon said it was initiating a "command investigation" into the senator, another extraordinary step as the Trump administration seeks retribution against the president's perceived foes.
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Critics fear this is a step toward the United States declaring war on Caracas.
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The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
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Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to "potentially divisive" was allowed to take effect.
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Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.
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El traslado de más de una veintena de hombres esta semana reanudó una operación de deportación del gobierno de Trump en la base después de una pausa de dos meses.
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Some Democratic lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics during a hearing on Thursday.
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 U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman, who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year, faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drive-through nominating convention being held in a church parking lot.
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